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Schumacher leak
suspect found dead
P12
Greymouth to host
buskers festival
P2
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014
Est. 1866 Phone 769 7900
Weather warning
Gale force winds, heavy rain and
snow are beginning to batter the
South Island including parts of the
West Coast today and tomorrow. A
front is moving north-east over the
country today. A strong north-west
flow precedes the front, which will
bring rain to western parts of the
South Island. West to north-west
gales are also expected about much
of the South Island and lower
North Island. A very cold south to
south-west airstream spreads north
over the South Island from tonight
through into tomorrow, bringing
snow to low levels about Fiordland,
Southland and Otago, including
Banks Peninsula. Rain is expected
to turn to snow above 700m, level
lowering to 400m in the morning,
on Lewis and Arthur’s passes.
Health risk tiles
replaced
Ceiling tiles in the West Coast
mobile dental units have been
replaced, due to the risk of
formaldehyde in the glue holding
the tiles in place. For the past
year, dental therapists from the
Canterbury clinic have suffered
headaches, nausea, itchy eyes, runny
noses, aggravated asthma and skin
irritation. The mobile clinics used
on the West Coast were purchased
as part of a national procurement
process.
Whatever!
Quick Read
TOMORROW
10°
Showers, snow to 300m, clearing
This is the moment a bull elephant
on musth — when its testosterone
levels can reach 60 times greater
than normal — decided to get
closely acquainted with a parked
hatchback. The two terrified
occupants of this VW Polo found
themselves in the wrong place at
the wrong time as a giant elephant
stooped down to rub itself against
the vehicle’s roof and bonnet. The
incredible images were taken by
Armand Grobler, 21, a field guide
and lodge manager, in Pilanesburg
National Park in South Africa.
— Daily Mail
Coast
crash cop
keeps
his job
Viv Logie
The off-duty Greymouth police
sergeant who was convicted and
discharged with careless driving
after crashing on the way back
from the Buller Gorge Marathon,
following a six-hour drinking
session, remains on the job.
West Coast police area
commander
Inspector
John
Canning confirmed yesterday
that the internal investigation
into sergeant Matthew Frost had
been completed.
“All I can say is the investigation
is now finished and I am unable to
comment further as the matter is
private to Mr Frost,” Mr Canning
said.
The investigation was to decide
whether Mr Frost ’s conduct was
appropriate for a police officer
and whether any misconduct was
serious.
Because of the nature of the
investigation he was unable to
comment on the outcome and
whether or not there was any
disciplinary action taken.
“It is done and dusted,” Mr
Canning said.
Mr Frost was driving back to
Greymouth on February 8 after
competing in the half-marathon
earlier in the day, when he lost
control of his vehicle on a 65kph
corner on State highway 6 near
Punakaiki, crashing into a fence.
He did not report the accident
immediately and that delay meant
he could not be breath-tested.
He was subsequently charged
with careless driving and appeared
in the Auckland District Court
while visiting family. His lawyer
initially asked that Mr Frost be
discharged without conviction,
but that was abandoned as he
would have had to wait longer for
the case to be heard.
A police summary of facts
presented in court stated that Mr
Frost had consumed six beers,
three shots of whisky and food
over a six-hour period and he felt
that he was okay to drive.
After the crash, about 7.30pm,
Mr Frost flagged down a passing
truck driver, who gave him a lift
into Greymouth.
The court heard that he made no
effort to tell the police about the
crash.
At the time of the court hearing,
Mr Canning expressed his
dismay at Mr Frost ’s behaviour,
confirming that he had avoided
police after the crash.
“ He was not breath-tested
because we could not locate him
for two days,” Mr Canning said at
the time.
Mr Frost has been in the police
force for 27 years.
He moved to the West Coast in
2007, initially to Westport before
transferring to Greymouth in
2010.
After the court hearing, he said
he had made a mistake and “I’m
paying for it ”.
PICTURE: Viv Logie
West Coast-Tasman registrar of electors Sue Gage reminds would-be voters who have moved house in the past three years and not registered to vote in this
year’s general election to do so.
Hundreds of voters ‘missing’
Viv Logie
Five hundred election enrolment
update packs have been returned
unopened to the West Coast-Tasman
registrar of electors, in Greymouth.
Registrar Sue Gage said those who
had moved house in the past three
years needed to fill out enrolment
update packs, other wise they would not
be able to vote in the general election
on September 20.
The Electoral Commission had
mailed enrolment update packs to
everyone on the electoral roll at the
end of June, asking them to check their
enrolment details, but 500 of them had
been returned as ‘gone, no address’.
“ If people have moved and they
haven’t updated their details, we don’t
know where to find them,” Mrs Gage
said.
“If you didn’t get your enrolment pack
because you have moved and haven’t
told us, you have been removed from
the electoral roll. If that ’s the case you
need to fill in an enrolment form with
your new details, including your new
address. “ We’ve got the second biggest
general electorate in the country here,
spanning a distance further than
Auckland to Wellington. It stretches
from Farewell Spit in the north to
Mount Aspiring in the south, and from
the west coast to the Southern Alps
in the east.” She encouraged people
to check their enrolment on-line at
elections.org.nz, by calling 0800 36 76
56, or by checking the updated electoral
rolls at their local Post Shop.
A Greymouth District Court jury
yesterday acquitted a Westport man
accused of rape.
After a three-day jury trial Jessie
Quintin Brunette, 26, was found not
guilty of sexual violation by rape of a
woman known to him in May last year.
The woman, from Greymouth, alleged
that Brunette had carried out the rape on
May 19, the day after the pair had been
to a party in Westport.
Brunette had left the party early after
getting angry over the way the woman,
who had drunk quite a lot, was dancing
with one of his friends. She had later also
left the party, but ended up sleeping up
in a churchyard in Westport. The next
morning the woman made her way back
to Brunette’s house, where the pair argued,
as Brunette suspected she had slept with
another man. The woman alleged that as
a result of Brunette getting angry over
that issue, later that day he had rough,
non-consensual sex with her.
In court, prosecutor Deidre Orchard
said that the woman had been in tears
throughout the alleged assault, and had
repeatedly told Brunette to stop.
Lawyer Richard Bodle said it was a case
of “she said, he said”. The case hinged on
whether or not the victim had said “no” to
Brunette, Mr Bodle said.
He said the woman might have
withdrawn her consent in hindsight, but
that was not rape.
Mr Bodle said the pair had also
exchanged texts on May 24, in which
Brunette had abused the woman. If
Brunette had raped the woman, he would
not have been insulting her in the texts,
but he would have been trying to “keep
her on side”.
Mr Bodle also said the victim had
alleged the sex “was like rape”, but “like
rape is not rape”.
He said the victim had admitted she
had blacked out as a result of drinking
too much.
Westport man aquitted of rape
following jury trial
District Court
The Greymouth dog park
will not be reinstated until
warmer weather returns, with
mid -November being tentatively
suggested as an opening date.
Grey District Council assets
manager Mel Sutherland, said
contouring was almost done, with
fencing soon to go up.
Contractors had advised that
warmer weather would be
required before they could prepare
and seed the area.
Late September early October
would be the earliest to do this.
Mr Sutherland said the area
should be reopened to the public
by mid-November dependent on
grass growth.
“ We are now just waiting to
ensure that when we reseed the
area we get a successful grass
strike.”
The dog park was removed
to make way for the sewerage
treatment plant on Preston Road.
The new one will sit just behind
the facility.
Dog park set to
open in November
taking shape on the corner of Kaiata
Park Drive and Sutton Road.
of development taking place in the
main industrial/commercial area.
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